Mortgage Broker Training Courses

Mortgage and Finance Broker Training Courses

Specifically designed to get you started and advance within the Mortgage and Finance Industry.

How do you become a mortgage or finance broker? Start or expand your career in the finance and mortgage industry or simply improve your skills as a broker?

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Mortgage Broker Training Services provide courses to get you started as a finance or mortgage broker in Australia. The main industry requirement to become a mortgage broker is a Certificate IV in Financial Services (Finance/Mortgage Lending - FNS40810* Previously FNS40804). Even experienced brokers are now required to have the Certificate IV or Diploma in Financial Services (mortgage management) under MFAA guidelines , FBAA guidelines and to become accredited with lenders. ASIC will also also require this qualification for licencing.

The Certificate 4 in Mortgage and Finance lending enables you to become accredited with lenders and the industry associations - the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia, MFAA and the Finance Brokers Association of Australia - FBAA. The Certificate IV will also meet the Federal licencing requirements as an educational standard.

The courses offered are all nationally recognised within the Australian Mortgage Finance Industry by Broker Groups, Industry Associations and Australian Lending Institutions.

This is the starting point for your career as an Accredited Mortgage Broker or Credit Advisor.

If you are wanting to enter the industry, some Broker Groups and franchises will offer training courses, but you need to commit to them prior to the training, often paying large franchise fees before you can join or really understand the industry. Learning about the industry and achieving industry and government recognised qualifications gives you the knowledge prior to committing to a group or paying franchise fees.

By completing one of these courses you obtain the educational requirements and knowledge of the mortgage industry first. Then with an understanding of the industry you can choose where you want to start in the mortgage industry. - Whether with a franchise, a mortgage group or independently.

So how do you become a mortgage broker?

If you are wanting to become a mortgage broker and be accredited with major Australian lenders you need to achieve Accredited Mortgage Consultant (AMC) status with the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA previously the MIAA) or join the FBAA.

The industry associations requirements to become a broker include completion of a Certificate IV in Financial Services (Finance/Mortgage lending - FNS40810). National Consumer Credit Protection Act implemented during 2010 also has this as a key educational requirement.

On completion of this course, not only will you gain the required educational standard but gain meaningful hands on experience. All our trainers have had years of real experience in the mortgage industry. You also have the ability to apply to the MFAA as an Accredited Mortgage Broker (AMC) or FBAA provided you meet their other requirements.

Courses are available face to face monthly in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and other capitals and regional centres or by distance learning or electronic media. (See course Schedule for details)

On completion of the course we can even put you in touch with groups to get you started.

This course could also be the starting point of a range of career opportunities and jobs including: